Sunday, 7 June 2009

Fabric Porn...

Every once in a while my sewing mojo starts to creep back unexpectedly. This time it is linked to some ideas that I am playing with for handmade bags (knitted, felted or sewn).

I particularly love bags with fancy linings, and with that in mind I spent some time scouring ebay sellers in the far east for exotic brocades. If you don't mind waiting for postage, buying direct from sellers in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong and India can prove to be a very economical way to buy fabric.

Here are the lovely spoils...

The pink and the red are from China, and will make lovely bag linings, I think.

The peacock fabric is from Hong Kong, and OMG - it is just so gorgeous and luxurious in the flesh that I think it would be sacrilege to turn it into a lining! This one might just have to become a bag all by itself.